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French company Saft is partnering with
German-basedEnercon tocreateanenergy
storage system(ESS) tohelp the Faroe Islands.
The 2.3MW project will be Europe’s first
commercial deployment of a lithium-ion
battery system working in conjunction with a
wind farm. The combination of the two will
aid SEV, producer and distributor of power
for the Faroe Islands, to address the Faroe
Islands’ issues with grid stability. The project
will deliver ramp control which, according to
Saft, will decrease the sporadic tendencies
in the running power, as well as frequency
response and voltage control services.
Those involved in the project are looking for
big improvements in Denmark’s renewable
generation. The goal is to offset the country’s
growing energy production by raising its
share of renewable energy to 75 percent by
2020. The country’s renewable generation
share in 2011 was 38 percent.
French/German
partnership aids Faroes
The opening ceremony has been
performed for Electrocables Bulgaria
– Nexans’ new automotive cable
systems factory in Pleven, Bulgaria. The
development of the plant was actively
supported by the InvestBulgaria agency,
whose deputy executive director attended
the ceremony. Also present were the
president of the national assembly, Tsetska
Tsacheva; the mayor of Pleven, Dimitar
Stoykov; and numerous representatives of
local and central government.
The plant is located in Pleven industrial and
logistics park. Construction started in May
2014 and production of automotive wiring
systems for BMW began in early 2015.
Currently employing around 60 people,
the plant is expected to employ over 500
once working at its full capacity.
“We are very impressed with the
motivation, dedication to quality and
desire to produce efficiently by our
Bulgarian colleagues," said Ingo Herzog,
managing director of Electrocables
Bulgaria, adding: “We hope this will be
a solid basis of our desire to grow in the
future.” Andreas Wolf, managing director
of Nexans autoelectric GmbH, confirmed
that the company's plans in Bulgaria are
long term.
New cable
facility
At an offshore wind auction held by the
bureau of ocean energy management in
January, RES America Developments Inc
secured the rights to develop one of the
two awarded leases. The lease comprises
an area with potential to accommodate
over 1,000MW. Following approval from
the bureau the lease will be taken over by
DONG Energy, the first for the company
outside of Europe.
A draft policy bill to support the regulatory
conditions for offshore wind has been
introduced with the Massachusetts
government, aiming to provide a stable
framework that will enable the build-out
of projects. The Massachusetts lease
has a total size of 760km2 and is located
approximately 90km from shore at water
depths of 40 to 50 meters.
“The site conditions are quite similar
to those we currently work with in
north-western Europe, which means that
the project could be developed using
well known technology and logistics,” Mr
Leupold from DONG Energy explained.
Broadening the
company scope
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